POLS 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frankpledge, Industrial Revolution, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
6 Oct 2018
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5th amendment - due process: no deprivation of life, liberty, property without due process, no prison, death, removal of property without possibility of court proceedings. 5th amendment - grand jury: no capital/infamous crime without grand jury indictment, finds probable cause to issue indictment. 6th amendment: speedy/public trial, jury, allowed to confront witnesses, compulsory defense witnesses, assistance of counsel. Speedy/public trial: no delaying indefinitely, can be dismissed if not processed in time, proceedings open to public, juvenile cases can be secret. Jury trial: for serious crimes, not for petty crimes. Witnesses: may cross examine witnesses against you, can compel to testify on defendant"s behalf. Assistance of trial: right to an attorney - gideon vs wainwright. In state courts, even if they can"t afford it: government must provide public defense, assigned counsel from local attorney community, could be paid or unpaid, full time public defenders.
